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Milwaukee 5359-21 1-1/8-Inch SDS Drive L-Shape Rotary Hammer

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I am a handyman/ and I do alot of remodeling. I was doing alot of jobs that called for a hammer drill. I finally broke down and purchased one on a clearence sale. The Milwaukee SDS Rotary hammer drill. I believe that the manufacturor has underated this tool. It has three modes; drill, hammer drill and chisel. The chisel mode has multiple positions when you use the mode selector switch. The manufactor states that when your in chisel mode it will handle light chiseling. I beg to differ. I was remodeling an old bathroom that had 3 inch poured floors with set in porcelin tile. I watched as my partner with all his might and a hammer sweated through a short session of demo. I told him when he got tired to let me know. I got out the hammer drill and selected chisel mode. It took only minutes to demo the floor. The hammer drill punched through the floor like a hot knife through butter. We starred at the broken up floor with amazment. I had no sore muscles or banged up hands. I have used it for other jobs involving hardened bloch that I could barely chip with a small sledge hammer and the hammer drill tore through it without hesitation. The drill mode has alot of torque for those heavy drilling applications like landscape beams. There is a convertor chuck that allows you to use normal shank bits. Do not use cheap mason bits this drill will eat them up. The drill is capable of drilling a 4 inch diameter core hole in concrete. Now for the small complaint I have is; I am left handed and when I use the accessary handle it doesn't allow me to tighten it down without hitting the locking nut. (Really not worth complaining about. This is as valuable as a sawzall is to a remodelor.

My old pappy always told me, "Son, it's cheaper to go first class." He was right and Milwaukee proves it yet again with this hammer drill. I bought a Dewalt at a big box store to drill about 100 holes in new concrete for parking stops. After about 10 holes the Dewalt was smoking. I mean that in the bad way. It was literally smoking and these were only 5/8 inch holes. I ordered the Milwaukee from Amazon and used my Prime membership to get the one day shipping. I took the DeWimp drill back. The Milwaukee smoked too, but this time in the good way. It SMOKED the competition and drilled all the rest of the holes without even a hiccup. Yes, it cost quite a bit more. Actually, it cost a whole lot less because it works and will keep working for years to come. This is the second time I've had to learn my lesson about Milwaukee drills. I won't forget again. Thanks again for the advice, Pop.

i bought this hammer drill to use for work. i drill through masonry fireplaces to run gas pipes in. my last drill was a bosch 1136 and it performed o.k. but i was never truly happy. i need a drill that can handle a 1 1/8 drill bit and the bosch finally left me hanging when the teeth stripped off the chuck. so i bought the milwaukee and so far it has performed well, with plenty of power even when i use a 30 inch bit to drill through super thick walls. it is super light, and the case takes up less space than the bosch, as well as being way lighter. the case could have a better design for holding bits. there is not any room to store the 16 inch bits, but the drill is a great purchase and i am happy with it.

The Milwaukee 1-1/8" Rotary drill does everything it's advertised to do. I wanted a rotary drill that could quickly and efficiently drill ½" to 1" holes in concrete and also meet our needs doing small demolition projects. I have not used a core bit with this drill yet, but it has exceeded my expectations thus far. Milwaukee 5359-21 1-1/8-Inch SDS Drive L-Shape Rotary Hammer